# Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Switzerland sent a delegation of 26 athletes (17 male, 9 female) to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The stated goal was to win a minimum of 11 medals and finish the games among the top 50 nations. Swiss athletes competed in 6 sports at the Beijing games and performed as follows:

## Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Edith Hunkeler | Athletics | Women's Marathon - T54 | 17th |
| Gold | Heinz Frei | Cycling | Men's Individual Road Race - HC B | 14th |
| Gold | Heinz Frei | Cycling | Men's Individual Road Time Trial - HC B | 12th |
| Silver | Beat Bösch | Athletics | Men's 100 m - T52 | 13th |
| Silver | Beat Bösch | Athletics | Men's 200 m - T52 | 10th |
| Bronze | Philippe Horner | Archery | Men's individual compound – open | 13th |
| Bronze | Urs Kolly | Athletics | Men's Pentathlon - P44 | 11th |
| Bronze | Sandra Graf | Athletics | Women's Marathon - T54 | 17th |
| Bronze | Edith Hunkeler | Athletics | Women's 1500 m - T54 | 16th |
| Bronze | Manuela Schar | Athletics | Women's 200 m - T54 | 14th |
| Bronze | Pia Schmid | Athletics | Women's 200 m - T52 | 11th |

## Archery

3 competitors:

### Men

| Athlete | Class | Event | Ranking Round | Ranking Round | 1/16 Finals | 1/8 Finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score |
| Philippe Horner | Open | Individual compound | 679 | 5 | Bye | Champey (FRA) W 113-109 | Heary (IRL) W 113-99 | Stubbs (GBR) L 109-114 | Pemberton (USA) W 115-111 |
| Robert Lehner | W1 | Individual compound | 603 | 9 | N/A | Antonios (FIN) W 94-89 | Drahoninsky (CZE) L 102-106 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Class | Event | Ranking Round | Ranking Round | 1/16 Finals | 1/8 Finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final/ Bronze medal contest | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score |
| Magali Comte | St | Individual recurve | 571 | 4 | Bye | Carmichael (USA) L 76-87 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Athletics

14 competitors:

### Men

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Points | Rank |
| Maurice Amacher | T54 | 400 m | 52.53 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maurice Amacher | T54 | 1500 m | 3:14.50 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Maurice Amacher | T54 | 5000 m | 10:51.41 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Christoph Bausch | T44 | 100 m | 12.03 | 3 Q | N/A | N/A | 12.03 | - | 6 |
| Christoph Bausch | T44 | 200 m | 24.89 | 4 q | N/A | N/A | 24.61 | - | 8 |
| Manuel Beeler | T13 | 400 m | 55.42 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Manuel Beeler | T13 | 800 m | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2:03.08 | - | 8 |
| Beat Bösch | T52 | 100 m | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 17.51 | - | |
| Beat Bösch | T52 | 200 m | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 31.41 | - | |
| Beat Bösch | T52 | 400 m | 1:05.60 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Heinz Frei | T53 | 800 m | 1:38.96 | 4 q | N/A | N/A | 1:37.68 | - | 6 |
| Heinz Frei | T54 (T53) | 5000 m | 10:23.24 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Heinz Frei | T54 (T53) | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:25:43 | - | 14 |
| Lukas Hendry | T11 | 100 m | 12.39 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lukas Hendry | T11 | 200 m | 25.38 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lukas Hendry | F11 | Long jump | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 5.54 | - | 7 |
| Marcel Hug | T54 | 400 m | 47.78 | 2 Q | 49.40 | 4 q | 47.67 | - | 5 |
| Marcel Hug | T54 | 800 m | 1:40.16 | 2 Q | 1:35.24 | 5 q | 1:37.51 | - | 5 |
| Marcel Hug | T54 | 1500 m | 3:17.27 | 1 Q | 3:10.33 | 1 Q | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Marcel Hug | T54 | 5000 m | 10:51.19 | 1 Q | N/A | N/A | 10:23.20 | - | 4 |
| Marcel Hug | T54 | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Urs Kolly | F42-44 (F44) | Long jump | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6.36 | 983 | 5 |
| Urs Kolly | F42-44 (F44) | Javelin throw | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 39.68 | 728 | 14 |
| Tobias Lotscher | T54 | 800 m | 1:41.00 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tobias Lotscher | T54 | 1500 m | 3:09.24 | 4 Q | 3:13.98 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tobias Lotscher | T54 | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:32:36 | - | 27 |
| Christoph Sommer | T46 | 1500 m | 4:12.45 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Christoph Sommer | T46 | 5000 m | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 15:28.19 | - | 7 |
12-time Paralympic gold medallist Heinz Frei also competed in cycling. Sprinter Simon Vögeli was excluded after a pre-games classification concluded that his disability did not fit Paralympic criteria. A protest by the Swiss delegation was rejected. As a consequence of that decision, Switzerland also had to withdraw their respective 4 × 100 m relay team for lack of participants.
Pentathlon
| Athlete | Class | Event | Long jump | Long jump | Long jump | Shot put | Shot put | Shot put | 100 m | 100 m | 100 m | Discus throw | Discus throw | Discus throw | 400 m | 400 m | 400 m | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank | Result | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Result | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Urs Kolly | P44 | Pentathlon | 6.30 | 927 | 3 | 12.25 | 778 | 3 | 12.60 | 862 | 4 | 40.15 | 728 | 3 | 1:00.29 | 823 | 2 | 4118 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Points | Rank |
| Sandra Graf | T54 | 800 m | 1:58.67 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sandra Graf | T54 | 1500 m | 3:30.69 | 4 q | N/A | N/A | 3:42.26 | - | 6 |
| Sandra Graf | T54 | 5000 m | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 12:30.55 | - | 5 |
| Sandra Graf | T54 | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:40:01 | - | |
| Edith Hunkeler | T54 | 400 m | 55.33 | 4 q | N/A | N/A | 55.25 | - | 4 |
| Edith Hunkeler | T54 | 800 m | 1:53.08 | 2 Q | N/A | N/A | 1:49.11 | - | 4 |
| Edith Hunkeler | T54 | 1500 m | 3:34.68 | 3 Q | N/A | N/A | 3:41.03 | - | |
| Edith Hunkeler | T54 | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:39:59 | - | |
| Pia Schmid | T52 | 100 m | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 21.53 | - | 4 |
| Pia Schmid | T52 | 200 m | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 39.95 | - | |
| Manuela Schar | T54 | 100 m | 16.62 | 3 Q | N/A | N/A | 16.35 | - | 4 |
| Manuela Schar | T54 | 200 m | 29.24 | 1 Q | N/A | N/A | 28.84 | - | |
| Manuela Schar | T54 | 400 m | 56.31 | 3 Q | N/A | N/A | 56.24 | - | 6 |

## Cycling

5 competitors:

### Men

Time trials & Road races
| Athlete | Class | Event | Time | Class Factor | Factorized Time | Rank |
| Heinz Frei | HC B | Road Time Trial | 22:06.23 | - | - | |
| Heinz Frei | HC B | Road Race | 1:28:25 | - | - | |
| Franz Nietlispach | HC C | Road Time Trial | 21:53.12 (+ 1:36.60) | - | - | 6 |
| Franz Nietlispach | HC C | Road Race | 1:33:49 (+ 12:09) | - | - | 8 |
| Ivan Renggli | LC1 | Track Time Trial | 1:13.725 | - | - | 10 |
| Ivan Renggli | LC1 | Road Time Trial | 35:25.66 (+ 0:44.04) | - | - | 4 |
| Ivan Renggli | LC1-2/CP4 (LC1) | Road Race | 1:46:13 (+ 0:10) | - | - | 11 |
| Lukas Weber | HC B | Road Time Trial | 22:50.12 (+ 0:43.89) | - | - | 6 |
| Lukas Weber | HC B | Road Race | 1:30:24 (+ 1:59) | - | - | 7 |
Pursuits
| Athlete(s) | Class | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final/ Bronze medal race | Final/ Bronze medal race |
| Athlete(s) | Class | Event | Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank |
| Ivan Renggli | LC1 | Track pursuit | 5:06.912 46.918 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

Time trials & Road races
| Athlete | Class | Event | Time | Class Factor | Factorized Time | Rank |
| Ursula Schwaller | HC A-C (HC B) | Road time trial | 29:29.66 | 0.81671 | 24:05.29 | 4 |
| Ursula Schwaller | HC A-C (HC B) | Road race | 1:34:49 (+ 21:49) | - | - | 9 |

## Shooting

1 competitor:
Men
| Athlete | Class | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
| Patrick Plattner | SH1 | P1-10 m air pistol | 552 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 23 |
| Patrick Plattner | SH1 | Mixed P3-25 m sport pistol | 555 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11 |

## Swimming

1 competitor:

### Women

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Chantal Cavin | S11 | 50 m freestyle | 33.29 | 5 Q | 32.58 | 4 |
| Chantal Cavin | S11 | 100 m freestyle | 1:12.09 | 3 Q | 1:12.16 | 4 |

## Wheelchair Tennis

3 competitors:

### Men

| Athlete | Class | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score |
| Daniel dalla Peregrina | Open | Singles | Illobre (ESP) W 1–6, 6–2, 6-2 | Fujimoto (JPN) L 4–6, 6–3, 4-6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Konstantin Schmäh | Open | Singles | Dobbie (AUS) L 3–6, 4-6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Daniel dalla Peregrina Konstantin Schmäh | Open | Doubles | N/A | Oh - Lee (KOR) L 0–6, 1-6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Class | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score |
| Karin Suter-Erath | Open | Singles | N/A | Hong (KOR) L 1–6, 1-6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |